‘The moral bankruptcy of the Met is complete.
The Metropolitan police has said it will arrest anyone providing “logistical support” to those protesting the Palestine Action ban in London on Saturday.
This means people could be arrested for bringing water to elderly and disabled people holding placards, organisers Defend Our Juries (DOJ) said.
Commander Adam Slonecki, who is leading the policing operation outside the US embassy, said: “I want to be clear – it is not just those who hold up placards who should expect to be arrested.
“Anyone officers consider to be playing a key role in organising the event, giving instructions to others and/or providing logistical support will very likely be committing an offence and face enforcement action.”
DOJ also raised concerns that this could also include their own media liaisons.
When approached by Novara Media for clarification, a Met spokesperson said: “Section 44 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 makes it an offence to intentionally encourage or assist an offence.
“We are not going to define the terms we’ve used in our press release beyond their plain English meanings. Each incident is assessed on its own merits, and it is for officers to form the reasonable grounds to suspect an offence has taken place.”
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